COLM
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COLM is the stock ticker symbol for Columbia Sportswear Company, a global outdoor apparel, footwear, and equipment manufacturer traded on public markets.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| COLM canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T363330 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: COLM Context triple: [Columbia Sportswear, tickerSymbol, COLM]
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A.
COL
COL is the acronym for the Commonwealth of Learning, an intergovernmental organization that promotes open and distance learning across Commonwealth countries.
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B.
Coll
Coll is a small, sparsely populated island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, known for its sandy beaches, dark skies, and rich wildlife.
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C.
Coolamon
Coolamon is a small rural town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural heritage and historic streetscape.
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D.
Soral
Soral is a small rural municipality in southwestern Switzerland, located in the canton of Geneva near the French border.
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E.
CUL
CUL is the main research library of the University of Cambridge and one of the largest and most important academic libraries in the United Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: COLM Target entity description: COLM is the stock ticker symbol for Columbia Sportswear Company, a global outdoor apparel, footwear, and equipment manufacturer traded on public markets.
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A.
COL
COL is the acronym for the Commonwealth of Learning, an intergovernmental organization that promotes open and distance learning across Commonwealth countries.
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B.
Coll
Coll is a small, sparsely populated island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, known for its sandy beaches, dark skies, and rich wildlife.
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C.
Coolamon
Coolamon is a small rural town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural heritage and historic streetscape.
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D.
Soral
Soral is a small rural municipality in southwestern Switzerland, located in the canton of Geneva near the French border.
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E.
CUL
CUL is the main research library of the University of Cambridge and one of the largest and most important academic libraries in the United Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
apparel company
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footwear company ⓘ outdoor equipment manufacturer ⓘ public company ⓘ stock ticker symbol ⓘ |
| brand |
Columbia
ⓘ
Mountain Hardwear ⓘ Sorel ⓘ prAna ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfExchange |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currency |
US dollar
ⓘ
surface form:
USD
|
| distributionChannels |
company-owned retail stores
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direct-to-consumer ⓘ e-commerce ⓘ wholesale ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1938 ⓘ |
| founder | Paul Lamfrom ⓘ |
| foundingLocation |
Portland
ⓘ
surface form:
Portland, Oregon, United States
|
| hasCIK | 0001050797 ⓘ |
| hasCUSIP | 198516106 ⓘ |
| hasISIN | US1985161066 ⓘ |
| hasUnderlyingIssuer |
Columbia Sportswear
ⓘ
surface form:
Columbia Sportswear Company
|
| headquartersLocation |
Portland
ⓘ
surface form:
Portland, Oregon, United States
|
| industry |
footwear
ⓘ
outdoor apparel ⓘ sporting goods ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| listedOn | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| marketsServed |
Asia-Pacific
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| offers |
lifestyle apparel
ⓘ
performance apparel ⓘ |
| primaryMarket | global ⓘ |
| products |
camping equipment
ⓘ
fishing apparel ⓘ hiking boots ⓘ jackets ⓘ outerwear ⓘ ski apparel ⓘ sportswear ⓘ trail running shoes ⓘ |
| represents |
Columbia Sportswear
ⓘ
surface form:
Columbia Sportswear Company
|
| securityType | common stock ⓘ |
| segment | outdoor recreation ⓘ |
| stockExchange | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| tradedAs | COLM self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: COLM Description of subject: COLM is the stock ticker symbol for Columbia Sportswear Company, a global outdoor apparel, footwear, and equipment manufacturer traded on public markets.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Columbia Sportswear